http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4748292.stm3 J' O7 v5 L) s
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0 s( _" G- O: m" mA Sudanese man has been forced to take a goat as his "wife", after he was caught having sex with the animal.
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The goat's owner, Mr Alifi, said he surprised the man with his goat and took him to a council of elders.
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+ }. z4 t( X* |) t3 M9 w C/ rThey ordered the man, Mr Tombe, to pay a dowry of 15,000 Sudanese dinars ($50) to Mr Alifi.
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"We have given him the goat, and as far as we know they are still together," Mr Alifi said.
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Mr Alifi, Hai Malakal in Upper Nile State, told the Juba Post newspaper that he heard a loud noise around midnight on 13 February and immediately rushed outside to find Mr Tombe with his goat.
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$ B3 g* l `7 e/ O2 ~% c6 _"When I asked him: 'What are you doing there?', he fell off the back of the goat, so I captured and tied him up".
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Mr Alifi then called elders to decide how to deal with the case.
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6 W! H' H1 c4 ], h& p' a: f"They said I should not take him to the police, but rather let him pay a dowry for my goat because he used it as his wife," Mr Alifi told the newspaper.
